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Guest: Blinded By The Light Director Gurinder Chadha Talks Bruce Springsteen & Music In Film Aug 15, 2019

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Blinded By The Light Director Gurinder Chadha Talks Bruce Springsteen And Music In Film

The first trailer for Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Little Women (starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet) dropped this week, and the guys are really excited for her followup to Lady Bird. Jake talks about his recent interview with Avengers: Endgame director Joe Russo during an event for the films release on Blu-ray, and the guys dive into the many movies of the week.

Joining the show is Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging), director of new musical drama inspired by the work of Bruce Springsteen, Blinded by the Light. She tells some amazing stories about working with Bruce on ways to infuse his music into the film, the unique way they auditioned actors, and so much more!

For this week's BlendGame, we dive into the filmography of Richard Linklater! You can play along next week when we discuss the works of John Travolta by using #JohnTravoltaBlend on Twitter to tell us your favorite films from one of cinema's all-timers.

Movies of the Week

The Angry Birds Movie 2
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
Blinded by the Light
Good Boys
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

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Guest: David Leitch Talks Directing Hobbs & Shaw's Practical Stunts & His Time As A Stunt Performer Aug 07, 2019

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David Leitch Talks Directing Hobbs & Shaw's Practical Stunts & His Time As A Stunt Performer

This week, Sean O'Connell, Kevin McCarthy and Jake Hamilton are joined by yet another amazing guest. This time through, David Leitch -- director of Deadpool 2, John Wick and Atomic Blonde -- shares some behind-the-scenes stories from the set of his latest film, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby), who wrote the "I'm Black Superman" line, working with the Wachowskis on The Matix and more.

The guys also dive into the many movies of the week including The Art of Racing in the Rain, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Kitchen, Brian Banks, and of course give their full reviews for Hobbs & Shaw itself.

#KevinCostnerBlend is our BlendGame of the week, and the guys debate which is their favorite works from the actor/director. For next week, play along with #RichardLinklaterBlend on social as we'll be getting in Richard Linklater's stunning filmography.

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Guest: Kevin Smith Talks Getting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon For Jay and Silent Bob Reboot & More Aug 01, 2019

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Guest: Kevin Smith Talks Getting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon For Jay and Silent Bob Reboot & More

Sean O'Connell, Jake Hamilton and Kevin McCarthy are back with an extremely special guest, Kevin Smith. A cinema legend, and movie hero to us all, Kevin stopped by to discuss some behind-the-scenes stories from Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (starring Matt Damon, Chris Hemsworth, Jason Mewews), the amazing story of how our own Kevin lead Smith and Ben Affleck to finally reaconnect after an 8 year fallout, and so much more.

After our 90 minute discussion with Smith, stick around for our reaction to the teaser trailer for Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, reviews of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and we pick our favorite films from the 1960s. #60sBlend

Follow the show on Twitter, @ReelBlend, and play along next week when we'll comb through Kevin Costner's filmography using #KevinCostnerBlend.

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Guest: Quentin Tarantino Talks Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Pulp Fiction Prequel & More Jul 24, 2019

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Guest: Quentin Tarantino Talks Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Pulp Fiction Prequel & More

Quentin Tarantino joins Sean O'Connell, Jake Hamilton and Kevin McCarthy for what is hands down our biggest interview yet. We all met up with the director while he was promoting his new movie, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, and were able to discuss not only his latest film, but dive into some of the other great films of his career. He talks a bit about a Pulp Fiction prequel that was never made, Double V Vega, explains the opening to Pulp Fiction, and we couldn't let him leave without asking him THE Kill Bill debate question.

On this week's show, the guys also dig into some of Sean's experience at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, including Top Gun: Maverick and Terminator: Dark Fate. They react to the trailer for Tom Hank's new movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, where he stars as the inimitable Fred Rogers. The Lion King "live-action" remake made a killing at the box-office so we also spend some time weighing in on the audience reaction.

This week, we determined our favorite works from George Clooney #GeorgeClooneyBlend, and next week you can play along as we decide our favorite films from the 1960s by using #60sBlend on Twitter.

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Guest: Kevin Feige Talks Spider-Man & The Future of Marvel Studios Jul 17, 2019

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Kevin Feige Talks Spider-Man & The Future of Marvel Studios

The King's Man, the upcoming prequel in the Kingsman franchise from Matthew Vaughn, dropped a trailer this week, Sean O'Connell, Jake Hamilton and Kevin McCarthy give their reactions, and set expectation for what looks to be a bit of a departure from the usually gadget-heavy franchise. News of Damien Chazelle's next project, Babylon, surfaced. No, it's apparently not a musical, but Emma Stone and Brad Pitt are circling to star, according to Deadline.

As they look ahead to what's coming at San Diego Comic-Con this week, it's no better time to introduce our special guest, Kevin Feige onto the show. He sat down with Sean at the Spider-Man: Far From Home junket to discuss Spidey's latest outing, and touch on the MCU at large.

This week, we played #AnneHathawayBlend where we discussed our favortie roles and movies from Anne Hathaway. Play along with next week's game #GeorgeClooneyBlend by letting us know your favorite works from George Clooney on Twitter.

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Director Ari Aster Talks Midsommar & Hereditary Jul 12, 2019

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Director Ari Aster Talks Midsommar & Hereditary

Jake Hamilton, Kevin McCarthy, and Sean O'Connell are together in LA to discuss the new trailer for Rian Johnson's Knives Out, and give their spoiler-free reactions to Quentin Tarantino's latest, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Joining us this week is director Ari Aster who discusses his approach to filmmaking, and merits of the horror genre. They dive into some spoilers on his latest, Midsommar, look back Hereditary, and more.

Also joining the show this week is CinemaBlend's own Jeff McCobb to play along in this week's game, #KurtRussellBlend. Jeff hosts a weekly show, "Oh Great, It's Jeff." on YouTube. Tune in for his hot takes on the week's entertainment news, and segments were he fumbles and embarrasses his way through the Hollywood system.

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Director Jon Watts on Spider-Man's End-Credits Scenes & More Spoilers - BONUS EPISODE Jul 07, 2019

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Director Jon Watts on Spider-Man's End-Credits Scenes & More Spoilers - BONUS EPISODE

Sean, Jake and Kevin are again joined by Jon Watts, director of Spider-Man: Far From Home (starring Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson and Jake Gyllenhaal), this time with the freedom to dive right into all the spoilers. They talk about the CRAZY reveals in the end credits scenes, how they went about casting and shooting with J.K. Simmons, and more!

Thanks for sticking around for this awesome bonus episode. We'll be back after the 4th of July Holiday with an all-new, full episode featuring our favorite movies from Kurt Russell. #KurtRussellBlend

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Spider-Man Director Jon Watts Talks Casting Jake Gyllenhaal & More Jun 25, 2019

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Spider-Man: Far From Home Director Jon Watts Talks Casting Jake Gyllenhaal & More

Sean, Kevin and Jake are back from another adventure abroad, and have caught up on a few films the missed while they were gone. Tune in for their reviews of Yesterday (Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James and Ed Sheeran), spoiler takes on Toy Story 4, and more.

Most importantly though, this week we share the spoiler-free section of their interview with Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts. He shares a hilarious story of pitching the role of Mysterio to Jake Gyllenhaal over dinner, what's it was like to know Endgame spoilers before anyone else, Tony Stark and Peter Parker's relationship, and more.

This week we dove into our favorite films from the wonderful Danny Boyle, but you can play along with next week's game where we'll debate our favorite films of Kurt Russell. Head over to Twitter, and let us know using #KurtRussellBlend.

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Our Favorite Movies of 2019 (So Far) & Spider-Man: Far From Home Reactions Jun 20, 2019

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Our Favorite Movies of 2019 (So Far) & Spider-Man: Far From Home Reactions

Sean O'Connell, Jake Hamilton and Kevin McCarthy are together again, of course where else, but London. They've been interviewing the Spider-Man: Far From Home cast, and have a TON of stories to share from their time with Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Holland, and Kevin Feige.

We're nearing the halfway point of the year, and so it's time to look back to decide what is topping our list for our favorite movies of 2019 so far. Tweet us your top 5 movies on Twitter @ReelBlend. Play along with next week's game when we debate our favorite works from Danny Boyle in honor of his new film Yesterday, and just his general awesome self. #DannyBoyleBlend

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"Chernobyl" Creator Craig Mazin on Bringing the Story of a Real-Life Disaster to HBO Jun 13, 2019

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"Chernobyl" Creator Craig Mazin on Bringing the Story of a Real-Life Disaster to HBO

Sean, Jake, and (eventually) Kevin are back together, and ready to get into all the latest movies (and some TV) that's made up their week. Dark Phoenix bombed at the box office and Jason Reitman revealed some pretty big details about the direction of his upcoming Ghostbusters movie. We welcome Tye Sheridan back on the show for the rest of our Dark Phoenix discussion not included last week. He dives into some massive spoilers about how the ending of the film was changed, and how the original plot was more closely tied to Captain Marvel (crazy, I know).

Joining us this week for an amazing discussion on his hit limited series, Chernobyl, is creator and writer Craig Mazin. He clues us into some of the amazing work done behind-the-scenes to create a deep and engrossing setting, the small details at play that can have a huge effect on the story's reception, and so much more. Craig was an absolute delight, and clearly put his heart, soul and all his amazing talent into this series. You won't want to miss it, or this interview!

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Blinded By The Light Director Gurinder Chadha Talks Bruce Springsteen And Music In Film

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David Leitch Talks Directing Hobbs & Shaw's Practical Stunts & His Time As A Stunt Performer

Guest: Kevin Smith Talks Getting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon For Jay and Silent Bob Reboot & More

Guest: Quentin Tarantino Talks Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Pulp Fiction Prequel & More

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